- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and grief
- ACT CBT DBT
About Dabney
Dabney Hayes is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 14 years of experience practicing in North Carolina. She works with adults on problems like stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and addiction, and she lists young adult issues among her focus areas. Her background includes individual and group work across a wide range of life challenges.
Dabney helps people who are dealing with shame, low self-esteem, perfectionism, and self-directed anger. She also supports those facing grief and loss, parenting pressures, relationship strain, and workplace or school stress. Her approach draws on several psychotherapy methods rather than a single toolbox.
In sessions she blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectual Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered methods. That means she works on practical skills like noticing thoughts, managing intense emotions, and building better relationship patterns. She also uses mindfulness and motivational techniques when they fit a client's goals.
Her experience includes work with people navigating identity and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping concerns, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and chronic illness or caregiving stress. She has supported those with complex presentations such as co-morbidity, adoption and attachment histories, and alternative-sex-culture related concerns.
Dabney works in English and accepts international clients. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin the process she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial appointment using the See online therapy options button.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Dabney uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT is useful when someone feels stuck by worry, avoidance, or perfectionism. She also draws from Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current connection patterns and trust issues. Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. She will talk with clients about goals, try techniques, and adapt methods based on what helps. The first sessions focus on practical needs and figuring out which approaches feel most useful together. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, save commute time, or choose shorter check-ins when a full session is hard to fit in. It also allows work on emotion regulation, values-based choices, and relationship patterns using worksheets, behavior experiments, and skills coaching adapted for remote work.Areas of expertise
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Colorado, California, South Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and many other issues listed in her specialties.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses an integrative, client-centered approach drawing from ACT, CBT, DBT and attachment work to teach emotional skills and change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience providing therapy in both individual and group settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds the credentials LPCC and LPC and practices in North Carolina with CA LPCC and CO LPC listed as credential details.
Can I work with her if I live outside the US?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients; confirm practical session options when scheduling.
What session formats does she offer?
Session formats were not specified in the biography; please confirm current online session options before booking.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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